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- June 4 2026
Exclusive: Marsh hires Christopher Cheung in senior financial lines role
Cheung, who was formerly AIG's Hong Kong cyber leader, will rejoin Marsh in Hong Kong this month, InsuranceAsia News understands.
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- June 3 2026
Australia broker channel grows faster than non-life sector, posts 6.1% CAGR: NIBA
Broker-placed business reached US$25.5bn in 2025, accounting for about 46% of the general insurance sector in the country.
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- June 3 2026
Munich Re Specialty hires Bob Algie to lead Australia property, construction, engineering team
His appointment is part of a buildout of Munich Re Specialty's presence in Australia.
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- June 3 2026
AM Best upgrades Hong Kong reinsurer FuSure on strong balance sheet, Tencent backing
Rating agency upgrades financial strength rating to A (excellent) and long-term issuer credit ratings to a (excellent).
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- June 3 2026
Kyobo Life enters race to acquire Yebyeol Non-Life: reports
Korea Investment Holdings and Heungkuk Fire & Marine Insurance are also weighing bids for the bridge insurer after the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation relaunched the sale process last month.
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- June 3 2026
Lockton hires ex-BMS executive Sam Suen as MD for Asia emerging risks
His move follows the closure of BMS' Hong Kong office, with former BMS Asia CEO Sandra Lee also set to join the US broker.
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- June 3 2026
ICNZ wants fire and emergency levy scrapped, replaced with disaster prevention funding
Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) says reforms could redirect over US$355m a year into disaster prevention projects.
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- June 3 2026
Cargo parametric insurer charts route to US$68bn protection gap with ‘new shiny object’
Founder and CEO Yann Barbarroux tells InsuranceAsia News’ Between the Lines podcast that Otonomi is scaling up its cargo-delay cover on rising demand from brokers, freight forwarders, and shipping lines.
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- June 2 2026
Mapfre Re names Chaturbhuj Bansal as head of India branch
He has over 16 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry and will be based in the Spanish reinsurer's Gift City branch.
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- June 2 2026
Marsh hires Kazutoyo Kobayashi as senior vice president for credit specialities in Japan
Tokyo-based Kobayashi was most recently a client manager at Munich Re.
